If you select "Keep" at the top of the setup.exe install packages window, setup.exe will only install those packages you explicity set to install.
Kimberlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can anyone point me to any good information about "adding to" and > upgrading a cygwin installation ? > > The reason I ask is, whenever I try and use setup.exe it goes through > the entire setup process from scratch. > > So, for example, if I want to simply add the vi editor, it comes up > with all of the "defaults" selected, and I pick vi, and then > setup proceeds to uninstall some of my stuff (which I had explicitly > installed before, and install extra stuff, etc...). > > I can't imagine I'm doing this right, and figure I must be "setup.exe > impaired" or something, so if anyone could give me a pointer on how to > do this... > > Also, is there any easy way to essentially just "upgrade" all of your > currently installed cygwin packages ? > Something kind of like debians "apt-get upgrade" ? > > Finally, can you essentially just unzip a package at the base of the > cygwin tree to install it ? > Do the packages have "setup scripts" ? > > cheers, > e > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
